Denmark competed in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, held in Bærum,[1]Norway in May 2010. The Danish broadcaster DR held the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix contest to select the country's entry for the contest, with the 2010 edition being held on 6 February 2010.
The logo used for the 2010 Dansk Melodi Grand Prix
Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2010 was the 40th edition of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, the music competition that selects Denmark's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. The event was held on 6 February 2010 at the Gigantium in Aalborg, hosted by Felix Smith and Julie Berthelsen with Jørgen de Mylius and Keld Heick providing support for the contestants and insight into the preparations needed for Eurovision.[2][3] The show was televised on DR1 as well as streamed online at the official DR website.[4]
Format[]
Ten songs competed in one show where the winner was determined over three rounds of voting. In the first round, the top four songs based on the combination of votes from a public vote and a six-member jury panel qualified to a second round of voting. In the second round, the four songs competed against each other in two duels and the winner of each duel determined exclusively by a public vote qualified to the final round of voting. In the final round, the winner was determined exclusively by the public vote. Viewers were able to vote via SMS.
The six-member jury panel was composed of:
Paw Lagermann – singer-songwriter and music producer
Kenneth Kreutzmann – choreographer and stage director
Lars Pedersen (Chief 1) – DJ and music producer
Bent Fabricius-Bjerre – composer
Competing entries[]
DR opened a submission period between 27 August 2009 and 5 October 2009 for artists and composers to submit their entries.[5] The broadcaster received 562 entries during the submission period, including an entry from Danish Eurovision Song Contest 2007 representative DQ.[6][7] A selection committee selected six songs from the entries submitted to the broadcaster. Four of the participants: Bryan Rice, Kaya Brüel, Sukkerchok and Zindy Laursen were invited to compete based on editorial considerations.[8][9] "All About Me" performed by Zindy Laursen was withdrawn less than 24 hours before the artists presentation and replaced by "Panik!" performed by MariaMatilde Band from the remaining entries submitted to the broadcaster.[10] The competing artists and songs were officially presented during a press conference at the DR Byen in Copenhagen on 12 January 2010.[11][12][13]
Lasse Lindorff, Martin Michael Larsson, Lise Cabble
Thomas Barsøe
"Just Like Rain"
Patrick Jonsson, Joakim Övrenius, Thomas Karlsson, Thomas Barsøe
Zindy Laursen
"All About Me"
Zindy Laursen
Final[]
The final took place on 6 February 2010. In the first round of voting the top four advanced to the second round based on the votes of a six-member jury (50%) and a public vote (50%). The four entries were "Breathing" performed by Bryan Rice, "How Will I Know" performed by Simone, "In a Moment Like This" performed by Chanée and N'evergreen and "Come Come Run Away" performed by Silas and Kat. In the second round, "Breathing" performed by Bryan Rice and "In a Moment Like This" performed by Chanée and N'evergreen were selected solely by a public vote as the winners of the duels and advanced to the final round. In the final round, the winner, "In a Moment Like This" performed by Chanée and N'evergreen, was selected solely by the public vote.
Denmark qualified from the second semi-final of the contest, on 27 May, placing 5th with 101 points, therefore progressing to the final on 29 May.[14] In the final they ended up in 4th place with 149 points, achieving their best place in the contest since 2001.[15] In the semi-final the public awarded Denmark 4th place with 106 points and the jury awarded 7th place with 83 points; in the final the public awarded Denmark 3rd place with 174 points and the jury awarded 7th place with 121 points.[16]
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